Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold their first bilateral meeting since 2022 on Wednesday, after the two countries eased a four-year border stalemate earlier this week.

BEIJING/NEW DEHLI – The deal between China and India on patrolling their disputed frontier in the Himalayan region after a four-year military standoff is a positive development, but it is only the first move towards thawing ties, said analysts.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan, India's foreign secretary said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru) Copyright 2024 Thomson Reuters.